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GRAINS.

1t is we'll to think we'll; it is divine
to act well.
Try TO see yourself through the eyes
of those around you.
Those who have no dignity are con-
stantly putting it on.
1t is better to be loved for meekness
than revered for majesty.
He who really fights sin always
strikes his own faults first.
The highest exercise of charity is
charity to the uncharitable.
A good way to make children tell
the truth is to tell it yourself.
They that do nothing are in a ready
way to do worse than nothing.
Many who have the least honor make
the most noise in defending it.
Observed duties maintain our credit,
but secret duties maintain our life.
If you do not wish to become poor
quickly, do not hurry to become rich.
Act we'll at the moment, and you
have performed & good action to all
eternity.
The only failure man ought to fear
is failure in cleaving to tie purpose he
sees to be best.
If there is to be work accomplished,
it is to be done through human as well
as divine efforts.
You need not wait to ask q man to
make profession, for you can tell
him by his acts.
1t is not enough to say, "Thy will
be done," but we should be satisfied
with it when it is done.
We should more seldom take offense
at each other, if we looked oftener at
the why than at the what.
Though some men may beat me in
living Alright, no man shall beat me in
repenting Of my meanness.
Adversely is the trial of principle.
Without it, a man hardly knows
whether he is honest or not.
Shiftlessness is most another name
for aimlessness. Purpose directs ener-
gy, and purposes makes energy.
The weakness of the church is not
found in the fewness of its strong ones,
but in the weakness of its many.
1t is not the greatness of a mans
means that makes him independent, so
much as the smallness of his wants.
Stealing never makes man rich,
aims never makes a man poor, apd
praying never hinders a mans busi-
ness.
On dark day do not 60 around clos
ing the window shutters. The world
is dark enough without your making
it more so.
Give little to those who ask, even
though you suspect them to be impos-
tors. 1t may not do good to them, but
it will to you.
Rest and worship are the two essen
tial elements of the weekly Sabbath.
Neither of these elements can be neg
lected with impunity.
Much of the learning of the day is
morbid, and much of the religion bill
ious. We want, first of all, clean
! heart, and next strong stomach.
Paul said that he was all the time
" Natching his body and battling his
body, lest he himself, inspired preach
er that he was, should become casta-
way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09

The past year has not witnessed
much of sanguinary conflict, but more
than ought to be witnessed 1887 years
after the advent of the Prince of Peace
upon the earth. What the present
year may witness, God only knows.
Millions of men in Europe are stand
ing ready to fly at each others throats
any moment when their rulers bid
them do so. The outlook for continu-
ed peace is not hopeful in some parts
of Europe. There is great danger
that, if a. conflict should take place be-
tween any two of the great powers,
others will be drawn in, and tens OF
thousands Of lives sacrificed. And
yet experience has proved that almost
any question that may arise can be
better settled by friendly arbitration
than by war, at far less expense in
money, and without the shedding OF q
single drop Of human blood. May
reason, religion, and common sense
prevail.
One of the most characteristic, as ii
was one of the last, remarks of DR..
Lyman Beecher, was his reply to a
sudden question asked him not long
before his death, "How can we best
defend the Church 2" 1t reused his
slumbering mind, and, with the ear
nestness of his palmiest days, he eX-
claimed: mot by theology, not by
controversy, but by saving souls"
A preacher shall never have but one
lick at me when he points out any
thing that [ am doing that is incon-
sistent with my Christian profession.
Most anybody can do thing they
feel like doing, but it takes true man
to do thing when he doesn't feel like
doing it.
don't ask for your Endorsement, or
for any mans Endorsement, for if you
were to indorse me I might not be able
to return the compliment.
They have been after me about my
grammar long enough to straighten
NE out, but always try to adapt my
style to my congregation.
The power of the pulpit is in the
pew. 1t is rough to put q preacher in
an ice-box and then curse him because
he will not sweat.
want to see the day when volun-
tary contributions will support the
church, and when it will be crime TO
hire pew in it.
Heavy SHOWS, IL inches, have recent
ly fallen in Pennsylvania. Minnesota
is largely blockaded by snow.
Let the bent of thy thoughts be to
mend thyself, rather than the world
A man constantly looking for good
in the world is less apt to find evil.
A lunch for two walking delegates,
including two bottles of wine, and
costing 5000, is an incident of the
New York strike that throws an inter-
esting side-light on the "wage slavery"
of the American workingman.
A harsh voice, a coarse laugh-tri-
fles like these have suddenly spoiled
many q favorable first impression.
The cultivation of the heart must be
lreal, not teigned.
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VOLs.ma-.4E XXI. NO. SO.
~
art Thou the Man?

There is an old story of a certain
minister who, in arranging his toilet
for his parochial calls, found button
gone from his shirt-collar, and all at
once the good mans patience left him.
He fretted and scolded, and said un-
dignified and unkind things, until the
tired wife burst into tears and escaped
to her room. The hours of the after.
noon wore away, during which the
parson called upon old brother Jones,
who was all bowed down with rheu-
matism and found him patient and
even cheerful; upon young brother
Hall, wasting away with consumption,
and found him anxious to go and be
with Christ; upon good old grand
mother Smith, in her poor miser-
able hovel of a home, and found
her singing one of the good oldhymns,
as happy as bird; upon young Mrs.
Brown, who had a few weeks before
buried her only child, and found her
trustful and serene in review Of Gods
love which had come to her through
affliction. The minister went home
filled with what he had seen, and
when evening came, and he was seated
in his easy chair, his good wife near
him busy with her needles, he could
not help saying, "What wonderful
thing grace is! How much it will do!
There is nothing beyond its power
Wonderful! Wonderful! 1t can do all
things" Then the little wife said,
"Yes, it is wonderful, indeed; but
there is one thing the grace Of God
does not seem to have the power to
do" "Ah, what can that be?" said
the husband. "Why, it does not seem
to have power to control q minister's
temper when a shirt-button is gone"
This was new version of the doctrine
of grace to the parson, but it was such
a version as many another religious
man needs to remember. There is
many a man who can stand up before
a multitude and "confess Christ" who
can be most meek when insulted in
some public place; who can rub his
hands and bless God for the power of
religion; but who is too weak to keep
his temper at home. The value of art
is in the fineness of the work; the per-
fection of music in the little accura-
cies. So the beauty and power of our
religion are seen when we manifest
grace in little things. AS it takes
greater skill to engrave the Lords
prayer on five-cent piece than upon a
broad steel plate, so it takes more grace
to live a good Christian at home than
in public .-Golden Rule.
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The Wind had its Way with My Hat, a:
we'll as with Things in General.

Without any appointment of the
kind that rain and wind met me at
Leesville, Saturday evening, Feb. 26.
The wind bordered OH a gale all night
and all next day-Sunday. What
could have caused my walking stick
to fall on the floor away in the night
waking me up-I could not imagine
unless it was the wind that came
through one inch of space under a
window sash, on the windward side OF
my bedroom.
The wind did not blow the highest
all the time.
Invent, to me, a new road part OF
the way to Concord Sunday morning
up by the College or "Concrete''
building-(a fine structure it Island
on in road through the woods. The
pine woods broke off the wind. But
when came out into the big
road again and on high ground where
the wind had fair sweep, for q mile
or two it was about all | could do to
walk and keep my shawl and hat from
blowing away. l preferred walking
to riding.
First and last my hat blew off seven
times that day, one time it went fly
ing over fence into q field, another
time it went with force jam into q
fence corner and when pulled ii
away from the fence it lacked consid-
erable of being in Sunday-go-to'
meeting shape, specially for q preach
er, but it was all I had along, and
nearly all I had anywhere else.
thought of one of the "Gang" at the
meeting of the Press association
Beaufort, S. c., who found himself
minus q new beaver the morning we
all left for Florida. Thought of an
other brother who fell into a nod,line
doze on the side seat of the steamboat
deck and his beaver went overheard
and floated grandly on the waters o.
Beaufort Harbor.' Both of those
hatless journalistic. d: B. and ~. d
F.-had hair pretty much alike.
But the aOind, the wind, Sunday
Feb. 27-blowed things about in 6
wonderful way, blowing up-I think
not against their religious g1oi''-s
very respectable congregation of re-
spectacle people at old "Concord'
where they and the pastor worshippeo
under their town wind shaken vine
and fig tree" the preacher talking
forty minutes, and the people listen
ing with interest the same length o.
time. The "grit" of Concord is gen
orally pretty good-of course some
of the "cold iron" will admit of i'm
provement.
Invent home to dinner with Tho
"fat man" "a. S. b. and didn't come
away empty. >. Ii. Il.
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Cooking at Sea.

The first thing that naturally attracts
the attention of landsman is, what
fearful state of confusion t here must be
in the galley during a rolling sea. I'm
agine an ordinary kitchen-grate GOV.
cred with saucepans, etc., were it sud
denly to begin to swing backward and
forward like aseesaw. This difficulty,
however, is easily overcome. Every
galley-fire is fitted with number Of
iron bars fastened to rod at the back
and which fit into little grooves in
rod in front.
Consequently, when the sea is rough
these bars are fixed, and each cooking
utensil is held tightly in place between
the bars just the same as q saucepan
could be held over an ordinary fire.
place with a strong pair Of pincers.
Another difficulty is when the sauce.
pans on the fire are all full, when the
ship rolls they run over. The remedy
for this is as simple as DR.. Ahernethy's
one for the old lady who complained
of having such dreadful pain in her
arm when she went "so.g He pocket.
ed his guinea and said, "Don't 60 So"
So with the saucepans, the simple REM
edy is, "Don't fill the saucepans." No
saucepans on board ship should ever
be more than three-quarters full when
the ship is rolling.
My first impression in watching the
cooking on board ship was, how many
practical lessons might be learned from,
it by cooks on shore!
How often do cooks complain that
"there is no doing anything in this
pokey Kitchen" the pokey kitchen be,
ing probably quite four 'tirf3es the size
of the galley in which I am standing,
in which breakfast, lunch, and dinner
have to be prepared daily for over two
hundred persons. The requisite quail
ties required for success are early ris'
ing, an entire absence of fussiness,
and, by no means the least important
the power of looking ahead and seeing
that each person minds his own busi-
ness without interfering with anoth'
er's.-Cdsseps Family Magazine.
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Street Preachers-They Camc-They
Went.

For about a fortnight pre- cedlnG
February %, two or three men ant
as many women, forming one com
pany, held public religious meeting;
in the streets of this city, both in the
day and at night. We did not learn
the names of the persons composing
the band. They were spoken of aS
"Holiness Evangelists," but we &c
not know that they claimed that
name, or that it was applicable or ac'
ceptable to them. Crowds of the col
ored people and q sprinkle of whites
attended the meetings. What good
resulted from their labors we ere not
prepared to say-some good we hope
and some harm, we fear. Some things
said by them in their talks were so un'
becoming and offensive to many that
complaints against the "evangelists'
became so earnest and general that q
company of male citizens [reported at
about hundred] took it into their
hands Wednesday night last, to con-
strain these street preachers to leave
the city. So part of them left on
the Wilmington train that night and
the others, we understand, followed
next day.
The offensive language, we did not
hear, but was told that it was against
ministers of the gospel, churches,
church members and against women
inferentially, if not pointedly, against
the preachers, churches, church men,
bers and ladies of Columbia. This
was often done in their harrangues.
Evidently the zeal of these men
and women was not according to
knowledge. Their conduct was rep
rehensible. The offending ones
should have been demonstrated wlth'
and if the remonstrance had gone un-
needed, then the offenders should
have been brought before the authori-
ties which gave them permission to
hold religious meetings in the street.
And the municipal "powers that be"
should have controlled these evange-
lists, by requesting them to desist
from their offensiveness or leave the
city; and if that request went unheed-
ed, then let them suffer the loaVut
consequences in laavfuI way.
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Missionaries for China and Brazil.

Mrs. d. II. McGavock, Correspond
ing Secretary Woman's Board of Mis-
sions, makes an earnest appeal to the
brethren, sistcrs-all-to support the
women missionaries in foreign fields
who are being overworked and are in
great need of help-colaborers. Mrs.
McGavock quotes Bishop Wilson !:
"All your ladies have too much to do,
and it means death to some of them"
Also DR.. Allen: "Unless reinforce
ments come speedily, disaster a0M fol-
low disaster" Mrs. McGavock says,
"Six ladies are under appointment,
and two more before the Woman's
Board awaiting acceptance"
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When Is Silence Golden

That silence is golden has been &C.
cepted as automatic by general con-
sent, vet we are convinced that there
are many cases in which it is leaden
copper, or alloyed with something ba.
ser still. Who does not know and
dread the exasperating silence of an.
ger, harder to endure than the fiercest
Blast of speech? Who has not wit
messed the craven silence of cowardice
ashamed and afraid to champion the
weak or defend the absent? Who has
not been baff1ed by the silence of reti.
cence, which maintains a sphynX-like
attitude Of mystery, when o few
straightforward words would throw
light upon darkness and show you
what to do?
Silence is not golden when it falls
frostily upon the little ones, ignoring
their efforts to please, and showing
them practically that they are of small
account in the eyes of their parents
and teachers. What pity it is that
we are so chary of praise when praise
is so often the oil which causes the
household machinery to work without
friction? It is 80 easy for some of US
to blame, so hard to utter the generous
approval. -
Silence is golden when we repress
the impatient word springing readily
to the lips, perhaps because we, arc
weary or anxious or disturbed about
our worldly affairs. Many a time q
hasty word cuts like the sting of q
lash, and not only does it hurt its vic
tim, but the memory of it wounds our:
selves long after the forgiving friend
or child has forgotten all about the oc-
casion. And as there is much pain
which in this world we must bear, why
should we put ourselves to needless
torture?
Silence is golden when trivial, mali
cious, or vulgar gossip forms the staple
of conversation. If we can do moth
ing else, we at least can show our dis,
approval by taking no part in that
which is malevolent and unchristlan.
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The Raleigh Christian Advocate
tells its readers to let Mr.. A. H. Cots
chall and his "free" strongly denomi-
national tracts alone. Good advice
this from good authority.
The same paper brands Royal Inn.
porting Co., of New York;, as fraud.
Don't doubt it.
Now can our Raleigh coJrere tell
about L.. JEFF. Melbourne & Co., Adver-
tising Agents, Baltimore, Md? They
arc the "Volina Cordial" advertisers.
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The Reputation of a Church.
(Ne,v York Christian Adr0cdtc.)


# is ever to be remembered that the
reputation of the Church is only the
sum of the regulations of its indiViu,,
ual members. A lady was once asked
by q guest, "Who is the man who con.
Quoted your prayer meeting so well "'
She replied, "That is our carpenter,
and last year he did large amount of
work for me, and he did it So. faithful
ly that I like to hear him pray just as
we'll as I did. before" Can that be
said of all work done by church men,
bers? 1t ought to be. For these three
directions in which human energy dis
plays itself-business politics, religion
stand or fall together. "Fdtsus IN
atno, faksats IN omnibus" false in one,
false in ally is good common sense, rs
we'll as good law. o! the satisfaction
to the man himself, to his family, to
his church, the worth to the world OF
a character unspottcd, upright, hon
est, honorable. 1t is better for Il man
to be respected for himself than Tor MS
money; better to have character with
out wealth, than wealth without char
acter. The honest man has se!f-re-
spect. He has no fear of investigating
committees. AS one prominent MEM
Der of Congress said during the Credit
MobiIier Investigations: II am not
worth as much money as some men
with whom entered public life. But
1 can sleep better at night than some
of them. I am willing that any letter
I ever wrote, any bargain ever made,
should be telegraphed all over the
country" "a good name Is rather to
be chosen than great riches !" reputa.
ton is worth more than money char
acter is far above all material posses
sion.
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Nobody Knows But Mother.

Nobody knows Of the work 1t makes
To keep the home together;
Nobody knows Of the steps 1t takes,
Nobody knows-but mother.
Nobody listens to childish woes
Which kisses only smother:
Nobody's panied by naughty blows,
Nobody-only mother.
Nobody knows Of the sleepless care
Bestowed on baby brother;
Nobody knows Of the tender pray'r,
Nobody-only mother.
Nobody knows OF the lessons taught
or loving one another;
Nobody knows OF the patience sought
Nobody-only mother.
Nobody knows Of the anxious fears
Lest darlings may not weather
The storms of life In after years,
Nobody knows-but mother.
Nobody kneels at the Throne above
To thank the Heavenly Father;
For that sweet gift-a mothers love;
Nobody can-but mother.
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The REPAIR SHoP.-It has been
we'll said that every farmer should
have comfortable room where he can
mend harness or tools, or do such 9th.
er "tinkering" as is necessary on days
when he can not work out of doors.
1t will save many penny, and the
having things in good repair next
spring will save much time then
Keep things snug and tidy about house
and barns, and do not allow five dol
lars to be lost by neglect of work which
should be done there for the sake OF
earning one dollar in the woods or in
some factory. When making busi-
ness of farming it is not easy to make
much money at other business with
out losing money Oh the farm.
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SORE THRoAT.-Salt and water is
used by many as a gargle, but a little
alum and honey dissolved in sage tea
is better. An application of cloths
wrung out of hot water and applied to
the neck, changing as often as they
begin to cool, has the most potency for
removing the Inflammation. 1t should
he kept up for number of hours !;
during the evening is the usually most
convenient time for applying this REM
edy.
FRUIT AT MEALs.-For those whose
stomachic idiosyncracies do not forbid
this order of courses, let oranges, grapes,
bananas-all fruits of their season.
precede the weightier matters of the
meal. There is amelioration of harsh
business, if not refinement of tone, in
the manipulation of these. The juices
are q grateful assuasive, and a stimu-
lus to digestion.
The Sunday-school should bea con-
yerting activity. The first great aim
of the earnest and consecrated teacher
should be to lead the pupil to exercise
personal repentance to God, and turn
with the whole heart to Christ. Ev-
cry lesson of Scripture has points lead.
ing to this end, and the teacher should
wisely and prayerfully direct them.
A river which has produced nothing
but miasma for hundred years may
after awhile turn the wheels of facto-
ries and help support industrious and
virtuous populations, and there are
family lines which were poisoned that
are benediction now.
People who are always in high spir-
its soon wear out, says physician. 1t
may be, but people who are always
low-spirited wear other people out.
Men make the mistake of working
according to their opportunities, and
not according to their capacity of ell
durauce.
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A good suggestion is made by Chi
cago paper for the dispensing of the
next mob of anarchists. 1t is to call
out the "fire department" and turn
the hose OH the crowd. The object of
dispensing the mob would be attained
without injury to limb or loss of life,
and the whole thing break up in a
good humor. One stream from an en-
gine would do more execution than the
clubs of hundred policemen.
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Wonder. if the Christian and
heather world would be seriously
damaged if some churches and news
papers were to put Sam Jones, Sam
Smalls, ct sequeetes, say, just a little
in the rear of the Master, the early
disciples, the apostles and the martyrs.
Was only thinking little-that's all.
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SCHOOLS.
Bird Trades.

The swallow Is mason
And underneath the caves
He builds a nest, and plasters It
With mud and hay and leaves.
or all the weavers that know,
The oriole Is the best:
High on the branches OF q tree
She hangs her cosy nest.
The woodpecker is hard at work.
A carpenter Is he;
And you may hear him hammering
His nest high up in tree.
Some little birds both know and serve
The basket-maker's trade:
See what cradle for her young
The mocking-bird has made!
Some little birds are miners;
Some build upon the ground;
And busy little tailors. too,
Among the birds are found.
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Bishop Duncan preached in Wash
ington Street church Sunday before
last. Though the day was unfavora-
bic good congregation were present
to hear the sermon. AT night he de-
livered an address to the Sidney Park
(coloredD congregation. The Bishops
visit and preaching were much appre-
ciated by both whites and colored.
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To CLEAN FURNITuRE.-All articles
to be cleaned should be first sponged
off with lukewarm water. An after
vigorous rubbing or polishing with
equal parts of olive oil and turpentine
is simple method highly recommend
ed by furniture dealers.